FIlipino Author

"Amado V. Hernandez"

Amado Vera Hernandez, commonly known as Amado V. Hernandez. A Filipino writer, freedom fighter and a labor leader.


He wrote novels, poems, plays and essays. Some of his famous works are the novel of "Mga Ibong Mandaragit" (Birds of prey) in 1969, the "Luha ng Buwaya" (Crocodile's Tears) in 1972, the poem "Chow Chow" and some of his plays that are what he experienced while in prison "Muntinlupa" in 1957, the "Hagdan sa Bahaghari" ( Stairway to the Rainbow) in 1958, the "Ang Mga Kagalang Galang"( The Venerables) in 1959, and the "mag Kabilang Mukha ng Isang Bagol" ( Two Sides of a Coin) in 1960 and his essays are "Si Atang at ang Dulaan"(Atang and the Theater) and the "Si Jose Corazon de Jesus at ang Panulaan (Jose Corazon de Jesus and Our Poetry). These works are inspiring and eye opener for such readers.


In the articles written about him they said that he was imprisoned, during the Japanese invasion here in the Philippines he joined the resistance movement, he was an intelligence operative back then. After the war the president that time appointed him as a councilor of Manila during the reconstruction of war-devastated city. But his most activities after the war involved organizing labor unions across the country through the labor federation Congress of Labor Organizations (CLO). Influenced by the philosophy of Marx he advocated revolution as a means of change. On May 5, 1947, he led the biggest labor strike to hit Manila at that time. The following year, he became president of the CLO and led another massive labor demonstration on May 1, 1948.

In 1950, the Philippine military started a crackdown against the communist movement, which was had sparked open rebellion in some areas on Luzon island, and the CLO headquarters was raided on January 20, 1951. Hernandez was arrested on January 26 on the suspicion that he was among the leaders of the rebellion.


But with no proper evidence he was transferred from one camp to another for six months, it took nearly a year before he was indicated a charge. He was assisted by those few who has interest in civil rights, but he was remained in prison while his appeal is in pending.


After five years of imprisonment, the Supreme court allowed him to post a bail, and he resumed his journalistic ways. On May 30, 1964 they acquitted him, and in decision it would be a landmark in Philippine jurisprudence. The "People of the Philippines vs. Amado V. Hernandez" is now a standard case in the Philippine Law schools. As he continued to teach and to write his acquittal . Until he died teaching in the school of University of the Philippines on March 24, 1970, and even received prestigious awards from different organizations.


Of all he experienced he wrote something about it that can inspire or challenge some. being in such kind of situations or state he did not let those to be a hindrance to his way, instead he use it as his weapon to survive and to create his legacy.


References:

National Historical Institute, Filipinos in History 5 vols. (Manila: National Historical Institute, 1995)

www.designbluemanila.com

www.arkibongbayan.org

Self Introduction

"Pieces of me"

My name is Ashley Joelle Raneses, seventeen years of age, turning eighteen this December 16, 2016. A simple girl from the province of Oriental Mindoro. I grew up there, finished elementary and secondary level in the school of Clarendon College, my Alma Mater. In that school my art skills were enhanced. At the age of four i already started to hold a crayon and as expected all of the books and reports of my mom became a piece of art by a four years old girl. I drew and drew everything that I've imagine, with different colors and mixing different media in it, instead of getting angry about what i have done, they cherished it and called it as my "talent".

My mom? my mom is the best, Melanie Rico Raneses, she is my first mentor, she teaches me what art is, "this is how you will express, not to impress" she said. My mom trained me well and of course without her I'm not here as well.My dad is Noriel Ciocson Raneses, he is my number one fan. In all of my competitions back then, he was always there, I remember my first competition back then when I was in grade two, I competed higher grade school levels in poster making, it's where your idea about the topic were elaborated into a artwork drawing with different colors as well, my dad was always there.I also have a very supportive big brother, he is Danielle Rico Raneses a medical technologists, he is one of my idols, before I learned this and that he already learned those. He gives way his dreams to have a degree in art just for me to fulfill my dream.
I'm so blessed and thankful to have this kind of family in my life.

During my elementary days I always join the poster making contest in our school and sometimes I also join outside the campus and have the chance to compete in other schools , even out of town. In our school I became the head of the cartoonists in our school paper "Carpe Diem" which means "seize the day". When I became a high school student at the same school i was banned to join this kinds of contest it because of the administrators told me that to "give chance to others" so I obey them but I got jealous to the other students who may compete, they got the chance to share and show what ideas or thoughts they had in mind. When I graduated from high school they thought that I have no plans in life, my classmates started their review for the examinations for the schools they want to enter for the college. I explain to my parents what I have in mind and they agreed with it. My family supports me well specially through finance.

I was enrolled at Asia Pacific College(APC) taking the course of multimedia arts. I chose this course not because i have nothing to chose on to but because of my passion on arts. I failed to express myself through speaking or by explaining myself verbally so i use my artworks to let people know who I am, what do I feel or what i want to share. Before entering this course I thought that I knew a lot about arts but no. Pursuing multimedia arts was not easy as anyone thought of, and having APC to mold me as an artist was never easy. But it is such a blessing being challenge by the classmate and school mates that i have and being taught by those who mastered these field is beyond expectations.

I love arts and arts became a part of me and now I want to became a part of it as well.
These are the pieces of me.

Plagiarism

"Plagiarism"

What is plagiarism? Are you one of those who plagiarize? "Copying" and "borrowing" can disguise this serious offense. Plagiarism is stealing of ideas,use of another's production without even crediting the source, just somehow present as a new and original idea or a product derived from an existing source, and the most obvious thing to commit plagiarism is when you copy and paste the idea or the product it self and label it as your own.

The consequences of plagiarism can be personal,professional, ethical, and legal. With plagiarism detection software are so readily available and in use, plagiarists are being caught at an alarming rate. Once accused of plagiarism, a person will most likely always be regarded with suspicion. Ignorance is not an excuse. Plagiarists include academics, professionals, students, journalists, authors, and others.If you plagiarize you should be aware of the consequences.

For students plagiarism allegations can cause a particular student to be suspended, worse, to be expelled. Their academic record can reflect the ethics offense, possibly causing the student to be barred from entering college from high school or another college. Schools, colleges, and universities take plagiarism very seriously. Most educational institutions have academic integrity committees who police students. Many schools suspend students for their first violation. Students are usually expelled for further offences.

For professionals this can destroy professional reputation. Depending on the offense and the plagiarist's public stature, his o her name may become ruined. Making any kind of meaningful career impossible. Some of this professionals commit serious offense they got caught and some was admitted in jail because of the content that they had plagiarize.

Plagiarism may not only harm the original author by his/her stolen idea, they can also suffer from misinterpretation, some of them gets a hard time in also getting their names cleared, "who is who?", that kind of situation made them angry and sometimes they attempt suicide just to clear everything. In this generation plagiarism became a part of a natural lives but the authorities now have the detection software in which they can detect plagiarized article or a work.

Others idea may be tempting to be plagiarize, instead of plagiarizing someones work use it as an inspiration or a guide to your work. Plagiarism is not the key for your work to be famous or to be heard, in someways you can, just believe in yourself and be yourself.

References:
http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/what-is-plagiarism
http://libguides.falmouthacademy.org/content.php?pid=650215&sid=5385834
http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1230679